What is terrorism?

Question

I want some details on terrorism. I want to know how it started , what is its present status and when/how will it end. I also want to know which all are the countries which participate in terrorism

Answer 1

Terrorism is attacking defenseless civilians rather than military targets, for the purpose of causing terror and demoralization. The intention is to frighten the other side so much, that it will give up (or at least retreat) rather than fight.
The incidental killing of civilians while carrying out an attack on a military target is not terrorism.
The fact that an attack is unjustified does not, in itself, make it a terrorist attack, if it does not deliberately target defenseless civilians.
I don't suppose there is any true record of the first act of terrorism, but I recall an account of the people of Amalek in the Bible, who attacked the children, women, and sick of the Israelites. This was considered a terrible war crime at the time.
To list all the countries in which terrorism is now practiced, would be beyond my knowledge. In some countries there are terrorist groups that practice terrorism within the country, or go into other countries to make terrorist attacks. In some cases, the government itself sponsors terrorism. And in some cases, it can be hard to be sure whether the government in involved in terrorist attacks or not.
Individuals also can carry out terror attacks for their own purposes, without relation to any organization.

Answer 2

Terrorist acts or the threat of such action have been in existence for millennia. Despite having a history longer than the modern nation-state, the use of terror by governments and those that contest their power remains poorly understood. While the meaning of the word terror itself is clear, when it is applied to acts and actors in the real world it becomes confused. Part of this is due to the use of terror tactics by actors at all levels in the social and political environment. Is the Unabomber, with his solo campaign of terror, a criminal, terrorist, or revolutionary?

Can he be compared to the French revolutionary governments who coined the word terrorism by instituting systematic state terror against the population of France in the 1790s, killing thousands? Are either the same as revolutionary terrorist groups such as the Baader-Mienhof Gang of West Germany or the Weather Underground in the United States?

So we see that distinctions of size and political legitimacy of the actors using terror raise questions as to what is and is not terrorism. The concept of moral equivalency is frequently used as an argument to broaden and blur the definition of terrorism as well. This concept argues that the outcome of an action is what matters, not the intent. Collateral or unintended damage to civilians from an attack by uniformed military forces on a legitimate military target is the same as a terrorist bomb directed deliberately at the civilian target with the intent of creating that damage.

Simply put, a car bomb on a city street and a jet fighter dropping a bomb on a tank are both acts of violence that produce death and terror. Therefore (at the extreme end of this argument) any military action is simply terrorism by a different name. This is the reasoning behind the famous phrase "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter". It is also a legacy of legitimizing the use of terror by successful revolutionary movements after the fact.

The very flexibility and adaptability of terror throughout the years has contributed to the confusion. Those seeking to disrupt, reorder or destroy the status quo have continuously sought new and creative ways to achieve their goals. Changes in the tactics and techniques of terrorists have been significant, but even more significant are the growth in the number of causes and social contexts where terrorism is used.


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Answer 3

Terror is used to gain political goals when you don't have a huge army to fight for you.

When did terrorism start? The technique goes back to Caine and Abel. The Boston Tea Party could be considered an act of terror against the British in Boston in 1774, or the Boston Massacre could have been considered an act of terror against the colonialists by the British, or the shooting of an unarmed woman by an FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge could be seen as an act of terror by the federal government against its own citizens.

When you don't have any kind of army but you want to fight against your perceived enemy then the use of terror: murder, rape, arson, kidnapping, bombings against innocent people, can sometimes work for you.

Answer 4

Terrorism is a term used to describe violence or other harmful acts committed (or threatened) against civilians by groups or persons for political or ideological goals(fear in latin).[1] Most definitions of terrorism include only those acts which are intended to create fear or "terror", are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a "madman" attack), and deliberately target "non-combatants".

As a form of unconventional warfare, terrorism is sometimes used when attempting to force political change by: convincing a government or population to agree to demands to avoid future harm or fear of harm, destabilization of an existing government, motivating a disgruntled population to join an uprising, escalating a conflict in the hopes of disrupting the status quo, expressing the severity of a grievance, or drawing attention to a neglected cause.

The terms "terrorism" and "terrorist" (someone who engages in terrorism) carry a strong negative connotation. These terms are often used as political labels to condemn violence or threat of violence by certain actors as immoral, indiscriminate, or unjustified. Those labeled "terrorists" rarely identify themselves as such, and typically use other generic terms or terms specific to their situation, such as: separatist, freedom fighter, liberator, revolutionary, vigilante, militant, paramilitary, guerrilla, rebel, jihadi or mujaheddin, or fedayeen, or any similar-meaning word in other languages.



It will never end, and I guess we don't know exactly how to pinpoint who is a terrorist and who is not, which is why it will never end, sadly enough.

Answer 5

n. The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

Try www.wikipedia.com

At the bottom of the article, you might find links relevant to what you want.

Answer 6

The Vikings started it by invading the Irish.

Answer 7

terrorizm is when people from another country attack like iraq to america.it started at the beginning of time and it will end at the end of time!!

Answer 8

try here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism

Answer 9

We don't know

Regards

Answer 10

You are ####### retarted